2000 African Women's Championship

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2000 African Women's Championship
Tournament details
Host country South Africa
Dates 11 – 25 November
Teams 8 (from 1 confederation)
Venue(s) 2 (in 2 host cities)
Final positions
Champions  Nigeria (4th title)
Runners-up  South Africa
Third place  Ghana
Fourth place  Zimbabwe
Tournament statistics
Matches played 16
Goals scored 60 (3.75 per match)
Top scorer(s) Nigeria Mercy Akide (7 goals)
1998
2002

The 2000 African Women's Championship was the fourth staging of the CAF Women's Championship, the women's football championship in Africa (CAF). The tournament took place in South Africa. Just like in 1998, the field of eight teams was split into two groups of four. Nigeria won the tournament for the fourth time, beating South Africa in the final 2–0, which was abandoned at the 73rd minute.

Qualifying Tournament

South Africa as hosts and Nigeria as title holders were qualified automatically. All other teams had to enter qualifying.

Preliminary round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
 Réunion w/o  Kenya

24 June 2000
Réunion  w/o  Kenya

  • Kenya withdrew. Reunion advanced.
Final round
Team 1 Agg. Team 2 1st leg 2nd leg
Réunion  5–4  Egypt 4–3 1–1
Gabon  w/o1  Cameroon 0–3
Morocco  6–1  Algeria 3–0 3–1
Zimbabwe  8–0  Lesotho 4–0 4–0
Sierra Leone  w/o2  Ghana
Uganda  w/o2  DR Congo
  • 1 Gabon withdraw after the first leg. Cameroon advanced to final tournament.
  • 2 Sierra Leone and Congo-Kinshasa withdraw. Ghana and Uganda advanced to final tournament.

First leg in 29–30 July, Second leg in 11–13 August:

30 July 2000
Réunion  4–3  Egypt

11 August 2000
Egypt  1–1  Réunion

29 July 2000
Gabon  3–0  Cameroon


Cameroon  w/o  Gabon

30 July 2000
Morocco  3–0  Algeria

12 August 2000
Algeria  1–3  Morocco

30 July 2000
Zimbabwe  4–0  Lesotho

13 August 2000
Lesotho  0–4  Algeria



Uganda  w/o  DR Congo

Participating teams

Final tournament

 South Africa qualified as host.

Teams highlighted in green progress to the Semi-Finals.

Group Stage

Group A

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 South Africa 3 3 0 0 8 1 +7 9
 Zimbabwe 3 1 1 1 5 5 0 4
 Uganda 3 1 1 1 4 6 -2 4
 Réunion 3 0 0 3 2 7 -5 0

11 November 2000
South Africa  3 – 0  Réunion
Phewa Goal 33'
Ellis Goal 55'
Malaku Goal 69'

11 November 2000
Zimbabwe  2 – 2  Uganda
Mathobela Goal 26'
Tapfumamoyo Goal 79'
Nakawagi Goal 21'
Nakintu Goal 30'

14 November 2000
Zimbabwe  2 – 1  Réunion
Mpala Goal 57'
Mutero Goal 82'
Mussard Goal 18'

14 November 2000
South Africa  3 – 0  Uganda
Solomon Goal 27'
Luthuli Goal 32'
Lekalakala Goal 51'

17 November 2000
Uganda  2 – 1  Réunion
Nankimbugwe Goal 42'
Mbekeka Goal 89'
Lecoutre Goal 29'

17 November 2000
South Africa  2 – 1  Zimbabwe
Luthili Goal 49'
Phewa Goal 65'
Mpala Goal 44'

Group B

Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts
 Nigeria 3 2 1 0 11 2 +9 7
 Ghana 3 2 1 0 7 2 +5 7
 Cameroon 3 1 0 2 4 6 -2 3
 Morocco 3 0 0 3 1 13 -12 0

12 November 2000
Nigeria  2 – 2  Ghana
Akide Goal 40'50' Baidu Goal 52'
Okine Goal 80'

12 November 2000
Cameroon  4 - 1  Morocco
Eko Njolle Goal 17'
Anounga Goal 67'
Enama Abbe Goal 89'
Anong Goal 90'
Maqdi Goal 13'

15 November 2000
Ghana  2 – 0  Cameroon
Sackey Goal 7'
Mah Djang Goal 82'

15 November 2000
Nigeria  6 – 0  Morocco
Akide Goal 44'73'
Ajayi Goal 49'70'
Mmadu Goal ?'
Nwadire Goal 90+2'

18 November 2000
Ghana  3 – 0  Morocco
Baidu Goal 65'
Bayor Goal 66'
Gyamfua Goal 70'

18 November 2000
Nigeria  3 – 0  Cameroon
Akide Goal 14'
Yusuf Goal 35'
Mmadu Goal 90'


Knockout stage

Semi-finals

21 November 2000
South Africa  1 – 0  Ghana
Solomon Goal 9'

21 November 2000
Nigeria  6 – 0  Zimbabwe
Yusuf Goal 3'
Mmadu Goal 34'
Akide Goal 40',Goal 65'
Nwadike Goal 52'
Ajayi Goal 79'

Third place playoff

24 November 2000
Ghana  6 – 3  Zimbabwe
Baidu Goal 1'
Bayor Goal 6',Goal 31'
Djangmah Goal 44'
Darku Goal 24'
Foriwaa Goal 35'
=Nyerukai Goal 61'
Mpala Goal 14'
Tapfumamoyo Goal 16'

Final

25 November 2000
Nigeria  2 – 0  South Africa
Yusuf Goal 30'
Mbachu Goal 72'
  • NOTE: Game abandoned in the 73rd minute, Nigeria leading 2- 0

Awards

 2000 Women's African Football Championship Winners 

Nigeria
Fourth title

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